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Asteroid 2012 DA14 darts past the Earth at 17,200 miles

Asteroid 2012 DA14, as large as an Olympic swimming pool, has raced past the Earth at a distance of just…

12 years ago

Curiosity rover to scoop Martian soil

NASA’s Curiosity rover is preparing to scoop its first sample of Martian soil. The vehicle, which landed on the Red…

12 years ago

Curiosity rover captures images of old streambed on Mars

Curiosity rover has only been on the surface of Mars seven weeks but it has already turned up evidence of…

12 years ago

InSight spacecraft selected as NASA’s next mission to Mars

Just two weeks after landing its Curiosity rover on Mars, NASA has announced it will send another robot to the…

12 years ago

Mars images taken by Curiosity rover during descent

Images of the surface of Mars taken by the Curiosity rover as it made its historic descent yesterday have now…

12 years ago

Curiosity rover edges closer to the Red Planet

The Curiosity rover remains perfectly on course to make its Monday (GMT) landing on the Red Planet, NASA says. The…

12 years ago

Hackers gained full functional control of NASA computers in 2011

Paul K. Martin, NASA's inspector general, has told US lawmakers that hackers gained "full functional control" of key agency’s computers…

13 years ago